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Richard Sherman on Disney: the best gag man on the lot

Walt Disney had all the bare necessities for an entertaining career — even a gift for comedy. Debuting Tuesday on Blu-ray, the 1967 cartoon classic The Jungle Book marked the animation pioneer's last feature.

Richard Sherman on Disney: the best gag man on the lot

An exclusive clip from the bonus features of the Blu-ray/DVD release of "The Jungle Book" (out Tuesday) has songwriter Richard Sherman talking about Walt Disney.
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In an exclusive clip from 'The Jungle Book' Blu-ray, the songwriter remembers his old boss.

Mowgli and Baloo share a moment in Disney's "The Jungle Book," out on Blu-ray Tuesday.(Photo: Walt Disney Home Entertainment)

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Disney's 1967 classic 'The Jungle Book' debuts on Blu-ray Tuesday

The movie was the last produced by Walt Disney, who died in 1966

Richard Sherman wrote the cartoon for the movie with his brother Robert

Walt Disney had all the bare necessities for an entertaining career — even a gift for comedy.

Debuting Tuesday on Blu-ray, the 1967 cartoon classic The Jungle Book marked the animation pioneer's last feature as a producer — Disney died from lung cancer during production at age 65.

In a bonus feature titled "Music, Memories & Mowgli: A Conversation," songwriter Richard Sherman talks with Disney's late daughter Diane Disney Miller and animator Floyd Norman about working with Walt Disney on the movie, which follows the "man-cub" Mowgli growing up in the jungle with pals such as the bear Baloo and black panther Bagheera.

Disney's last hurrah allowed him to do all the things he adored, according to Sherman, who penned tunes such as I Wan'na Be Like You and That's What Friends Are For with his brother Robert.